on c-span3, potential changes to campaign finance and election law with former attorney general eric holder and michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson.

show mean joining me is eric holder chairman of the national democratic redirecting committee. general holder. >> hello, joy. >> great to see you. let's start with myths. mitch mcconnell claims that the history. your thoughts. >> well, the filibuster was used throughout the 20th century to frustrate the passage of civil rights bills. i mean, that first and foremost. you had to get past a hue in mungous filibuster in 1964 to get the civil rights bill in place. same thing with the voting rights act in 1965 but you can go to earlier versions wore where southern senators, democrats to be fair to filibustered to make sure that the civil rights bills did not become the law of the land. >> dixie kratz to be specific. and it is interesting that that sort of faction has moved right on into the party of lincoln. what's also interesting is that there are still southern democrats and conservative democrats who are still clinging to the filibuster, a very bad old thing from the old democratic party as you point out. people like joe manchin. there was this quote that joe biden is feeling the

and i happen to actually like andadmire eric holder quite a lot . the context of eric's time at the department of justice was that under the previous administration, things have gotten so out of hand the attorney general had to resign. the attorney general of the united states had to resign. there were torture memos that were so bad they were withdrawn by the justice department. there were warrantless wiretapping memos that were so bad that the department leadership said it would quit if it wasn't fixed. this is all within a republican administration. there was the us attorney political firing scandal and apolitical shutdown of that investigation by attorney general mikael. the white house contact rule was abandoned so willy-nilly people in the white house political roles like karl rove could chat about matters with the department of justice, thankfully attorney general holder rebuilt that rule and i believe it's been relatively unearthed, i know that merrick garland will automate. eric was the first ever african-american attorney general and the fi

if judge garland really wants to show us that he's the next and leavy and not the next eric holder, he should pay close attention to positions that justice department takes on litigation . just because the trump justice department took a position doesn't mean that position was wrong. if every four or eight years the justice department comes up with a new list of statutes, it won't defend or write in disfavor, what's the point in passing laws? i hope judge garland thinking back on his long judicial experience will preserve the institutional credibility of the justice department. it's a similar issue to prosecutorial discretion. just because a prosecutor has discretion in how to charge and how to try a case, doesn't mean the attorney general has discretion in how to charge try all cases in ways that change the law. we saw this in daca under obama. i'm concerned we will see this with the death penalty and illegal entry under biden. the role of the president is to take care that the laws be followed. and of course this applies to the attorney general. the attorney general doesn't get to us

to review potential changes to campaign finance and election law with former tone general eric holder and michigan secretary of state joselyn benson. there's also more live coverage streaming on our website, at 9:30 a.m. eastern a house homeland security sub committee looks at how state and local officials are responding to domestic terrorism threats. at 10 a.m. senate home land sub committee examines how federal government is preparing for the next national emergency. also at 2:30, the senate small business committee reviews the status of several covid-19 relief programs including the paycheck protection loan program. again, that's all live at c-span.org. >> now live to london for british prime ministers question time. each week the house of commons is in session we bring you prime minister boris johnson taking questions from members of the house of commons. live wednesday mornings here on c-span2. now, live to the floor of the british house of commons. .... >> i'm aware this is something they researched extensively. >> we have got to move on to questions to the prime minister. i am

and in d.c., they asked for eric holder's ballot and they gave it to him. you can do that the democrats made anth incredibly cynical decision which is they believe they benefit from voter fraud and they're trying to take this moment of time -- and i think this momented of time iss limitd -- but right now they have the white house and both houses of congress and they're trying to take this moment of time and lock their controlol in permanently by changing the rules so they can manipulate and steal election results. hr1 undermines election integrity it shows -- there's a reason it's hr1. look, the number one priority of democrats is keep democrats in power. that matters more to them than covid or matters more to them than jobs or matters more to them than kids in school. they want to stay in power and this is all about stopping the voters from voting them out of office. it's a very dangerous bill. >> sean: boring but radical kind of sums it up. explain. >> well, you know, you think about the last two months. i think joe biden made a political decision and it

you didn't just see eric holder testifying for it, trevor potter, remember that name? the former head of the federal election commission, republican head, chief counsel to john mccain in both his presi testif. because he believes we just need to pick up our democracy again. brush it off, move forward as a country. hundreds of bills trying to suppress the vote, yet we had 160 million people vote in november in the middle of a pandemic. why? because a number of states had extended vote by mail, they made it easier to register, they made it easier to early vote. why would we close the door on that now? this is a moment you only get maybe ever 50 years for civil rights, for elections, and that is why senator schumer made this s-1 and why we are so devoted to passing this bill. >> i feel like the devotion to passing this bill is something that i am seeing in real-time, and i believe in the sincerity of it. what i don't understand is the plan to get it passed. this is -- if the filibuster is still in place, then the only way to pass things without republican support is to go

the only reason so the government is saying you know what there's no way to rein in the bankers eric holder said they're above the law we can't prosecute they're made men effectively like in the mafia that is the american economy so they're just going to print money and air drop it with the stimulus checks and that's going to have the effect of causing a real inflationary nightmare and the bond market to tip over and. to a secular bear market and rising interest rates which will be the final nail right that those stimulus checks a lot of it being held by the major banks kind of like in a robin hood way you're front running your trade so i think they know before they released the money to you that you're going to mostly go and you know speculate in the stock market so they're going to front run all your trades so again of course like like we haven't received any stimulus ever in this this whole pandemic and we won't but our stock portfolio our house price has gone up far far more than any of the stimulus so that's the way this unfair system works of course right you know how back in the day

if you want to tell the registrar your name is eric holder and james did that in d.c. asked for holder's ballot and they gave it to them. can you do that. the democrats made a cynical decision. they believe they benefit from voter fraud they are trying to take this moment in time, which is limited, but they have the white house and both houses of congress. they are trying to take this moment of time and lock their control in permanently changing the rules to steal election results. hr1 is a terrible bill. the number 1 priority of democrats is keep democrats in power. that matters more than to them than covid and jobs and kids in school. they want to stay in power. this is all about stopping the voters from voting them out of office. it's a dangerous bill. >> sean: voting but radical sums it up. explain. >> you think about the last 2 months. joe biden made a political decision. it was probably a good political decision to be very boring. the last 4 years donald trump was anything but boring. in the last 2 months can you remember anything joe biden said? he doesn't do pr

on c-span3, potential changes to campaign finance and election law with former attorney general eric holder and michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson. there is more live coverage streaming on our website at 930 a.m. eastern, house homeland security subcommittee looks at how state and local officials are responding to domestic terrorism threats. at 10:00 a.m., sitting homeland security subcommittee examines how the federal government is preparing for the next national emergency. also at 2:30, the senate small business committee reviews the status of several covid-19 relief programs, including the paycheck protection loan program. again, that's all live at c-span.org. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, were brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span beers as a public service. >> next, health care advocates testify on how prescription drug prices in the u.s. compared to other countries. they were also asked about the drug development process and how congress can have a role in reducing costs

to review potential changes to campaign finance and election law with former tone general eric holder and michigan secretary of state joselyn benson. there's also more live coverage streaming on our website, at 9:30 a.m. eastern a house homeland security sub committee looks at how state and local officials are responding to domestic terrorism threats. at 10 a.m. senate home land sub committee examines how federal government is preparing for the next national emergency. also at 2:30, the senate small business committee reviews the status of several covid-19 relief programs including the paycheck protection loan program. again, that's all live at c-span.org. >> now live to london for british prime ministers question time. each week the house of commons is in session we bring you prime minister boris johnson taking questions from members of the house of commons. live wednesday mornings here on c-span2. now, live to the floor of the british house of commons. .... >> i'm aware this is something they researched extensively. >> we have got to move on to questions to the prime minister. i am

only more than is eric holder and janet reno, the first woman to be attorney general was confirmed 98der of business when he gets into the justice department after he's sworn in will be to keep a promise he made when during his confirmation hearing the first briefing is on the capitol riot cases now more than 300 people charged and big questions unresolved, who murdered officer brian sicknick? what planted the two bombs outside the republican and democratic national headquarters? beyond that in terms of policy changes he will have to look at a number of questions. groups are already urging is a moratorium on death row. they were on hold because of the disputes over the lethal injection protocols. that's one question. we've already seen a number of changes incrementally that the justice department is making even before garland got there under president biden, having to do with immigration rules, people who would be dependn't on public benefits couldn't get in if they depended on anything other than cash benefits. but trying to -- there will be calls on him to reimpose the justice depar

you didn't just see eric holder testifying for it. trevor potter.at name, the former head of the federal election commission, republican head p and chief counsel to john mccape in both his presidential races testified for the bill because he believes we just need to have -- pick up our democracy again. as i said, brush it off move forward as a country. hundreds of bills trying to suppress the vote. yet, we had 160 million people vote during the pandemic. why? because a number of states had extended vote by mail. they made it easier to register. they made it easier to early vote. this is an opportunity you get maybe once every 50 years. that's why senator schumer made this one and why we're so devoted to passing this bill. >> i feel like the devotion to passing this bill is somebody that i am seeing in real time and i believe in the is sincerity of it. if the filibuster is still in place, the only way to pass things without republican support is to go through budget reconciliation, this isn't the kind of thing that can pass there. what is the plan, t

it's an interesting thing, jim, because, you know, back when eric holder took office he was sworn in ceremoniously -- the ceremony was done by barack obama, the president. they clearly have decided to use the vice president to do this swearing in because of the political overtones of everything happening at the justice department, including some sensitive investigations, of course, joe biden's son is under investigation at the justice department. so, again, they're trying to, you know, carefully thread the needle here as the new ag takes office. >> that's a really interesting observation, evan. a good point. thank you very much. we will hear more from merrick garland a little bit later. >>> still to come, president biden makes his first prime time address to the nation, it is tonight. we have new details this morning about what he will say. >>> and there's new audio of former president trump pressuring an election investigator in georgia urging that person to find fraud. what are the legal implications for the former president? >>> plus, there is a growing crisis on the border, what'

. >> garrett, as we have this conversation right now, the former attorney general, eric holder,ge he is testifying. this isn't the attorney general. he is testifying before this senate rules and administration committee on the for people act bill. is thiseo a chance for democrat to argue changes to the filibuster and pass legislation on issues like voting rights as well? >> reporter: that's a exactly wt it is. a rare hearing. we had senator schumer and mitch mcconnell both in this hearing. it's rare you see the leaders of either party attend hearings like this. it speaks to the degree in which this democracy reform agenda has become really a major part of the debate here in the senate. of course, that bill passed in the house entirely on democratic votes. democrats in the senate support it uniformly, save one. joe manchin, the democratic senator from west virginia. the only democrat not to co-sponsor that bill. ifha manchin could be brought around, if he is someone who could comeis to a decision on supporting it, this bill strikes right at the heart of the debato about the filibuster

lot with the obama administration, marc morial and others, there was a black attorney general, eric holder black attorney general that succeeded him, loretta lynch. both were under attack. now, we're talking about someone that would be number three in justice, and the head of the civil rights division, kristen clark, and they're under attack. we continue to see this pattern that they don't want to see a justice department that reflects the population of the country, and they come with smear tactics. >> that's exactly right. and that's why we at people for launching the our fight campaign, it's not just that we have all these nominees who are under attack and going to be under attack as they go through the nomination process. but as you and i saw during the obama years, we should anticipate that the far right wing will continue to attack them. continue to smear them. and it's tragic because when you look at the protests in the country, they were also in places like portland. when you looked at the crowd in minneapolis, it was like three quarters white. what young people understand is that b

senator heard testimony from a variety of witnesses including former attorney general eric holder and state election officials from michigan, west virginia, and indiana. senate leaders chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell were also athe

he did some work for eric holder. he's done work for barr. it's kind of a mixed record.prosecuted the woman who invaded mar-a-lago, the chinese woman. he also was on the flynn case in getting flynn a pass. so i think he wanted to get some publicity and get his record and he's got a good education and good skills so that's what he was showing off for the -- the bro broaderence tonight. last night. >> i got ya, got ya, got ya. thank you, jorn, appreciate it. good to see you. >>> thank you. >>> almost 25% of americans have been at least partially vaccinated. and we have got an update on another vaccine that could be up for approval, soon. ♪ ♪ like an echo in the forest ♪ ♪ (singing in korean) ♪ ♪ like an arrow in the blue sky ♪ ♪ (singing in korean) ♪ ♪ on my pillow, on my table ♪ ♪ yeah life goes on ♪ ♪ like this again ♪ new projects means new project managers. ♪ like this again ♪ you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database. claim your seventy five dollar credit,

a lot of these were people like barack obama, eric holder, george bush, dade pet trayas and you -- david petraeus, and you say this is more bs from a master of bs. but way down on that same list there were names i hadn't heard of, and i started looking them up, and after speaking to a few of them who kind of said i don't know this guy but, yesings i did work at the cia i found a woman who when i searched for her name, i found some newspaper stories from the early 16980s saying she -- 1980s saying she wad kicked out of nccic rag would where the government said she tried to poison the prime minister with a bottle of brandy. said that's bizarre. hough did cody know this woman's name, why did he list her as someone who would have knowledge of his intelligence background and then i found her phone number and called her, spoke to her on the phone and she said,ey, i knew john cody in washington in the 70s, we actually dated for a little while, and during the time i knew him he was working at the cia. so, i can say definitive through -- they never have responsibled to any of my questions, but my

. >>> plus i'll talk to eric holder, about voting rights and mitch mcconnell's pants o

attorney general eric holder. attorney general holder began his career in public service. he was later went to fight president reagan to serve as a judge on the superior court in the district of columbia. after she stepped down from the bench, he made history as the first african-american to serve as u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. in 1997, he was named deputy attorney general by president clinton and became the first african-american to serve in that position. he then moved on to a law firm, and in 2009, he again made history by becoming the first african-american serve as u.s. attorney general on their president obama. in 2017, he launched the national democratic redistricting committee and has served as its chair. our second witness today is secretary benson, elected as michigan's 43rd secretary of state in 2018. she has implemented a number of major reforms very important to the discussion we will be having today with implementations. she has been able to do this without issue, putting into place automatic registration, same-day registration, and no excuse

also, a hearing on campaign and voting rights ethics with eric holder and michigan's senate of statecretary of state, janet lawson. that will be on c-span3. in the afternoon, a hearing on sexual assault in the military. a subcommittee hears from survivors of sexual assault in the military and survivor advocates. that is a 2:30 eastern on c-span. to illinois, we hear from stephen, independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. the senate needs to pass the john lewis voting rights bill. there are several state legislatures that are radically attempting to limit people's access to vote. georgia is the most egregious example where there are long lines in a voting place, people are not allowed to take sandwiches or water to people standing in line. the georgia law would allow the legislature after a further conducted election to decide if they did not like the results and simply reverse the results, as trump tried to persuade several legislatures after he lost, pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, and georgia. in regards to the filibuster, if schumer and the democrats were smart, t

attorney general eric holder joins michigan secretary of state, eric johnson, and others at this senate committee roundtable, treasury secretary -- and federal reserve chair, jerome powell, answer questions about the economic outlook as well as the cares act relief package. they are testifying before the senate committee live at ten eastern on c-span. in the afternoon on c-span, a hearing on sexual salt in the. military a senate armed services subcommittee will hear from survivor advocates. watch live at 2:30 pm eastern on c-span. all of these hearings are live on at c-span.org or you can listen to them on the free c-span radio app. the director of the federal bureau of prisons -- the house appropriations subcommittee on commerce just as science and related agencies found that two for 225 inmates and four prison employees have died from covid-19 but vaccinations are underway. the hearing is two hours. >> overall, how should we assess b.o.p.'s treatment by those in its custody and the dedicated staff who work around the clock to carry out the apiece correction mission. -- during the pand

to review potential changes to campaign-finance and election law with former attorney general eric holdernd michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson. there's also more live coverage streaming on our website at 9:30 a.m. eastern, a subcommittee looks at how state and local officials are responding to domestic terrorism threats. at 10:00 a.m., a subcommittee examines how the federal government is preparing for the next national emergency. also at 2:30, the senate small business committee reviews the status of several covid-19 relief programs including the paycheck protection loan program. that is at c-span.org. >> visit c-span's new online store at c-span shot.org -- c-spanshop.org. you're taking preorders. every purchase helps support c-span's nonprofit operations. shop today at c-spanshop.org. >> president biden delivered remarks from the ohio state university's wexner medical center on the 11th anniversary of the 11th anniversary of the affordable care act. president was joined on stage by the representatives. this is 25 minutes.

the attorney general then, eric holder, famously said that he was a wing man to the president. i don't want an attorney general who takes tarmac meetings with president clinton while she's investigating his wife. i don't want consent decrease that federalize law enforcement and cause murder rates to soar. i don't want a civil rights division trying to stop school choice in louisiana. i don't want a return to catch and release. i don't want operation choke point where the department of justice decides that gun stores don't get access to banking services. i'm concerned that the justice department direction before judge garland is even confirmed confirmed, these are some of the directions. they change litigation decisions on a number of high-profile cases in court, including on immigration, affirmative action, obamacare, and other issues. this is what a very famous solicitor general, paul clement, said, quote, it's been the long-term position of the justice department to defend the constitutionality of statutes whenever reasonable argument can be made. so it appears that our new p

to review potential changes to campaign finance and election law with a former attorney general eric holder and michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson and there is more live cover streaming on our website. at 9:30 a.m. eastern come a house homeland secured he septa many looks at how state and local officials are responding to domestic terrorism threats. at 10:00 a.m. come a senate homeland security subcommittee

to review changes to campaign finance and election law with eric holder and jocelyn benson. there is more live coverage streaming on our website. at 9:30 a.m. eastern, a house subcommittee looks at how state and local officials are responding to domestic terrorism threats. the subcommittee examines how the federal government is preparing for the next national emergency. also at 2:30, the senate small business community reviews the status of several covid-19 relief programs, including the paycheck protection loan program. that is all live at span.org -- at c-span.org. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. created by america's cable television companies in 1979, today we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 viewers as a public service -- provide c-span to viewers as a public service. >> a look at the white house earlier today, where the flag was lowered to half staff to honor the victims of monday's mass shooting at a grocery store in boulder, colorado. president biden signed a proclamation ordering flags to remain at half-staff at fe